P & P #6: Ch. 2- 5

Quote 1: "He paid her not the smallest attention, till her grandfather's death made her mistress of this fortune" (118).

Mr. Wickham proved to be of questionable merit. He found a new love interest once he learned Miss. King was given her grandfather's fortune. Mr. Wickham had mercenary interests in mind and Elizabeth may have been a mere fling the whole time. Although Elizabeth was taken back by such haste in Mr. Wickham's change of interest, she is still prejudice towards him: "He is trying to get a girl with only ten thousand pounds, you want to find out that he is mercenary?" (118). She keeps defending him while her aunt is telling her how strange it is that he is suddenly directing his attention to Miss. King right after her grandfather's death.

Quote 2: "Oh, my dear Eliza! pray make haste and come into the dining room, for there is such a sight to be seen! [...] Make haste, and come down this moment" (122).

The absurdity of this quote is quite baffling. To Elizabeth, Maria sounded as though something ridiculous had happened, thinking the pigs were running around the garden or something of that sort, but unfortunately, it was only to see two women of wealth. For such lower class, meeting wealthy people was like meeting God. It was a huge deal. It was not hard for the arrogant class of people to be considered kind for the lower class people because any small casual act a wealthy person did, automatically made them the nicest person in the world to the eyes of the lower class. It takes a person like Elizabeth or Mr. Bennet to realize how pathetic this is.